# morula
## English
### Etymology

From diminutive of Latin morum (“mulberry”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔːɹələ/

### Noun

morula (plural morulas or morulae)
* (embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula

#### Derived terms

* morula cell
* sperm morula

#### Related terms

* moruloid

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Lamour

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin morula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmorulɑ/, [ˈmo̞rulɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -orulɑ
* Hyphenation: mo‧ru‧la

### Noun

morula
* (biology) morula

#### Declension

Possessive forms of morula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morulani
morulani
accusative
nom.
morulani
morulani
gen.
morulani
genitive
morulani
moruloideni moruloitteni morulaini $^{rare}$
partitive
morulaani
moruloitani
inessive
morulassani
moruloissani
elative
morulastani
moruloistani
illative
morulaani
moruloihini
adessive
morulallani
moruloillani
ablative
morulaltani
moruloiltani
allative
morulalleni
moruloilleni
essive
morulanani
moruloinani
translative
morulakseni
moruloikseni
abessive
morulattani
moruloittani
instructive
comitative
—moruloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morulasi
morulasi
accusative
nom.
morulasi
morulasi
gen.
morulasi
genitive
morulasi
moruloidesi moruloittesi morulaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
morulaasi
moruloitasi
inessive
morulassasi
moruloissasi
elative
morulastasi
moruloistasi
illative
morulaasi
moruloihisi
adessive
morulallasi
moruloillasi
ablative
morulaltasi
moruloiltasi
allative
morulallesi
moruloillesi
essive
morulanasi
moruloinasi
translative
morulaksesi
moruloiksesi
abessive
morulattasi
moruloittasi
instructive
comitative
—moruloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morulamme
morulamme
accusative
nom.
morulamme
morulamme
gen.
morulamme
genitive
morulamme
moruloidemme moruloittemme morulaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
morulaamme
moruloitamme
inessive
morulassamme
moruloissamme
elative
morulastamme
moruloistamme
illative
morulaamme
moruloihimme
adessive
morulallamme
moruloillamme
ablative
morulaltamme
moruloiltamme
allative
morulallemme
moruloillemme
essive
morulanamme
moruloinamme
translative
morulaksemme
moruloiksemme
abessive
morulattamme
moruloittamme
instructive
comitative
—moruloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morulanne
morulanne
accusative
nom.
morulanne
morulanne
gen.
morulanne
genitive
morulanne
moruloidenne moruloittenne morulainne $^{rare}$
partitive
morulaanne
moruloitanne
inessive
morulassanne
moruloissanne
elative
morulastanne
moruloistanne
illative
morulaanne
moruloihinne
adessive
morulallanne
moruloillanne
ablative
morulaltanne
moruloiltanne
allative
morulallenne
moruloillenne
essive
morulananne
moruloinanne
translative
morulaksenne
moruloiksenne
abessive
morulattanne
moruloittanne
instructive
comitative
—moruloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
morulansa
morulansa
accusative
nom.
morulansa
morulansa
gen.
morulansa
genitive
morulansa
moruloidensa moruloittensa morulainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
morulaansa
moruloitaan moruloitansa
inessive
morulassaan morulassansa
moruloissaan moruloissansa
elative
morulastaan morulastansa
moruloistaan moruloistansa
illative
morulaansa
moruloihinsa
adessive
morulallaan morulallansa
moruloillaan moruloillansa
ablative
morulaltaan morulaltansa
moruloiltaan moruloiltansa
allative
morulalleen morulallensa
moruloilleen moruloillensa
essive
morulanaan morulanansa
moruloinaan moruloinansa
translative
morulakseen morulaksensa
moruloikseen moruloiksensa
abessive
morulattaan morulattansa
moruloittaan moruloittansa
instructive
comitative
—moruloineen moruloinensa :

#### Synonyms

* solurypäle

#### See also

* muurainaste

### Further reading

* “morula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Noun

morula f (plural morulas)
* morula

### Further reading

* “morula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology

From mora +‎ -ula.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmo.ru.la/, [ˈmɔrʊɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.ru.la/, [ˈmɔːrulä]

### Noun

morula f (genitive morulae); first declension
* a brief delay
** 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessions 11.15:quod tamen ita raptim a futuro in praeteritum transvolat, ut nulla morula extendatur.But this flies so rapidly from future to past that it cannot be extended by any delay.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “morula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* morula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin morula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔˈru.la/
* Rhymes: -ula
* Syllabification: mo‧ru‧la

### Noun

morula f
* (embryology) morula (spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote)
    faza/stadium moruli ― morula stage

#### Declension
### Further reading

* morula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* morula in PWN's encyclopedia